4. During the early morning hours, Wellington took time to write his dispatch, which would later appear in its entirety where?(a) In the New York Times. (b) In the London Chronicle. (c) In the Paris Post. (d) In the London Times.

5. Once Wellington took the reins, he had participated in an average of how many battles per year, not counting the years taken off during peacetime or tending to other duties?(a) One. (b) Two. (c) Four. (d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. Keegan compares Alexander to whom?

2. What staff training existed in Wellington's day?

3. Why did many of the other soldiers view Wellington with some jealousy?

4. ___________________, a contemporary of Wellington's from Calcutta, described the man thus: "He was all life and spirits. In height he was about 5 feet 7 inches (in fact nearer 5 feet 10 inches) with a long pale face, a remarkably large aquiline nose, a clear blue eye and the blackest beard I ever saw" (p. 106).

5. Like many royals, Alexander had a tutor. Alexander's tutor of __________ years also happened to be a brilliant student of Plato's, a man named Aristotle.